Friday Faves

Hi friends! Happy Friday!! What are you up to this weekend? Anything fun going on?

It was a week of just the girls over here! We had a lot of fun together, but it’s always nice to have the man of the house back home.

Here’s my best attempt at a selfie with the 3 of us haha.

This weekend, we don’t have a ton of plans! I’m shooting a workout and also hoping to get a couple of videos done, cranking along on PBB advanced, and going to enjoy some relaxing with the fam. Speaking of videos, I’m so excited for the updated breakfast cookie page and recipe video! Please check it out here and let me know if you’d like to see more like this. 🙂

It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves party! It’s always fun to share some of the things I’m loving each week, and also hear about your faves. Please shout out any favorite reads, eats, fitness or fashion-y finds in the comments if you would like to join in the fun.

P is 10 months old today! In 2 short months, this little lady will be smashing into a cake. She is a constantly smiling/giggling, snuggly, sweet star. Just like with Liv, I knew she’d be amazing, but really had no idea.

Gap sales. I get almost all of the girls’ clothes at gap, Old Navy and Thred Up, so I’ve been stoked for all of the back-to-school sales going on. Liv ready for when school starts! Even with all of the cute dresses, tops and shorts that arrived, she was the most excited about these kitty cat ears.

Applications!! Thank you so much for all of the kind and lovely comments when I mentioned that I’m looking to hire a part-time employee. I was not expecting the flood of incredible applications that came in. THANK YOU! <3 I’m currently sorting through everything now, and will have it figured out by early next week. I’m really excited to have some help with the behind-the-scenes stuff so I can focus more on creating content, virtually hanging out with all of you here and on my social channels, and working on the post baby bod plan.

BOB membership. Only a few days left to take advantage of this SWEET promo. It’s only $25 to sign up for Band of Beauty, and you’ll get this amazing travel set for freeeeeeee.

BOB members get a lot of awesome perks, and the free travel set is worth it alone. You’ll also receive free shipping on orders over $100. For any of my friends this month who place a $55+ order, I’ll send you a mascara or charcoal bar as a little gift. Just forward me your order confirmation and let me know if you’d prefer the mascara or charcoal bar. (Also, if you’ve already placed an order this month over $55 and would like the gift, please let me know!

Happy Friday, friends! Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable weekend. <3

Hi Gina! Happy Friday! I can’t even describe the cuteness in the Mermaid pic. And LOVE the breakfast cookie video you posted. Nice job, friend! Hope you enjoy your weekend. I’m back after an awesome Vegas trip and will be teaching BP in the morning and hanging out with my Mom, Hubs and dog. 🙂

As an instructor, what do you think when people leave class early? I hate to do it, but sometimes I have to for whatever reason. Like the other day I had to leave bodypump half way through because I felt like crap and realized I couldn’t make it through, but felt SO awkward putting away all my equipment. Any way to make it less awkward?

i totally feel ya. if i’m taking a class, i always like to give the instructor a heads up that i have to leave early, but i find that if you sneak out and at least give a little wave and mouth “thank you!” to the instructor, they figure you’re leaving for a reason other than you hate them and their class haha. when participants do that to me, i don’t feel weird if they at least look over and give me a smile or wave before heading out.

I was sending that baby dress up article to everyone lately. Baby Joey is adorable! I started following her on Instagram and they do cute behind-the-scenes footage, too. Two thumbs up!

My favorite this week is the new direction I’m taking my blog starting next week! I talk about it a bit on SST today, but re-branding is scary. But one of my favorite things about blogging is that they need to change with us. Changes and re-brands are scary, but exciting and rejuvenating at the same time. Hooray!

We are heading to Julian this weekend (I also live in SD), and I forget if you have been there but the hard cider mill is AMAZING! They have it all on tap. Then you can go and get pie after 🙂

Also can I maybe request a topic? I am in the stage of trying to conceive and I am trying to get myself into shape geared towards helping my body carry a baby and doing all the exercises that you can’t do during pregnancy. I have a general idea but I’m wondering what other input you may have!

i still haven’t been, but we are definitely checking it out this fall! i need that pie haha
i can definitely do a more thorough post on that! also, i have quite a few on the postbabybod.com site if you want to check them out. a comprehensive post would be a good idea!
xo

You MUST watch Stranger Things. It is the neatest little storyline and the acting in it is just amazing. Those kids are phenomenal. It’s a hell of a rollercoaster- be prepared to be driven to binge watch… 🙂

I *loved* it. And I hate horror themed stuff, but this is much more classic sci-fi with a side of the coolest squad of adventure geeky kids…

Gina:
Just popping in to make a quick comment – I’m a long time follower and I don’t comment as often as I should but I wanted you to know how much I enjoy your blog and content. Its been a pleasure to “watch” you and your beautiful family grow over the past 4-5 years. I can always count on you to be both positive and “real” and your health and fitness outlook is so grounded and healthy. You’ve clearly got your priorities straight and you and Tom are building a wonderful life for you and those darling girls. And recently, I have been enjoying your video content as well – something I had not investigated much before. But, I’m loving the fitness videos! Great work. Anyway – just wanted to give you a long overdue compliment and thank you for BEING YOU!

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